Ganymede is Juice’s primary target. During the first, Jupiter-orbiting phase of the mission, the spacecraft will make 12 flybys of the mysterious moon. It will later transfer from orbit around Jupiter ...

[Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 14 to include details on the successful launch of the JUICE spacecraft.] Dominating the planets with its bulk, mighty Jupiter offers key insights into ...

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Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed ...

Ganymede is not only Jupiter's largest moon, but also the largest in our solar system and one of the few that hosts a massive ice ocean. Adding to this planet-like moon's uniqueness is the fact that ...

A gargantuan asteroid impact on Ganymede, the solar system’s largest moon, significantly altered the body’s axis, according to a new study in Scientific Reports. Ganymede is a Jovian moon that is ...

An Ariane 5 rocket originally expected to launch Thursday is now set to take off Friday, boosting a $1.7 billion European Space Agency probe on a roundabout 8-year voyage to Jupiter where it will ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) recently launched Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission and NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission could allow scientists to image landslides on the icy moons of ...